The Sanford Express.
P. H. St. CUr.
D. L. at. CUir. Publishers.
Sanford, N. C, June 12, 1930.
THE PEOPLE SHOULD ACT.
The big question for the next Gen
eral Assembly of North Carolina will
be lower taxes and economy in public
expenditures. In the approach to
this question the first objective should
be how to reduce the cost of govern
ment. So high an authority as
Revenue Commissioner Maxwell says
that public expenditures have multi
plied four times in eight years. That
one fact should lead the citisens to
demand a drastic cut. Mr. Maxwell
also declares: “We are entitled to
have some other objectives in life
than supporting agencies of public
service."
It is time for the people of North
Carrolina to unite in the demand for
a reduction in the cost of public serv
ice in state, county and municipal
government. Let the voters see that
every candidate for the legislature is
en a platform of economy and make
sure also that he is a man who will
live up to his pre-election pledges.
Many of the people must have relief.
To penalize men for owning homes
and small farms spells ruin ip the end
county is to be congratulated
upon the nomination of Hon. A. A. F.
Seawall for the House. Ability and
experience will place him among "the
leaders in the next General Assembly.
His friends throughout the State ex
pect to see him in the thickest of the
fight for the measures that will be
beneficial to the people and reduce
the heavy tax burden that worked a
hardship on the tax payers for the
past few years. Since it became
known over the state that Mr. Sea
well would be a candidate for the
House he has received letters from
men who served with him in the Gen
eral Assembly in past years, ex
pressing themselves as being pleased
at the idea of joining him again
around the committee tahle in the
Legislature and working for those
things that will continue to make
North Carolina one of the great
commonwealths of the nation. Mr.
Seawell’s friends would be glad to
see him made speaker of the House.
His name has been mentioned in con
nection with the office since his nom
ination last Saturday.
Frank Porter Graham, professor of
history in the University of North
Carolina and a member of the faculty
for the last 16 years, was Monday
elected 11th president of the Univer
sity. He is to succeed Dr. Harry
Wood burn Chase, who recently re
signed to become president of the
University of Illinois. Dr. Graham is
44 years old and unmarried. He comes
of a distinguished family of educa
tors. His father, Dr. Alexander Gra
ham, is credited with having establi
shed the first graded school in North
Carolina. His cousin, the late Edward
Kedder Graham, was a former presi
dent of the University. He has a
large personal fallowing throughout
the State and he is loved by people
of all classes and conditions. With
Frank Graham as president the Uni
versity will continue to expend.
Congress_passed a bill Monday
over the President’s veto, a measure
to liberalize Spanish war pensions,
tn the senate the vote was 61 for to
18 against, and ip the house the vote
was 298 to 14. This was the first Hoo
ver Veto to be voted on in Congress
and- many were surprisd that so few
Republicans rallied to his demand
that the measure be killed. It was
said to be one of the greatest legis
' tative defeats in' history. The bill, now
a law notwithstanding the White
^House disapproval, is estimated to
affect 114,000 veterans of the war
with Spain, the Philippine insurrec
tion and the China relief expedition.
The rates of pension provided by the
hill are $20 a month for a tenth dis
ability up to $80 a month for total
disability, with an added $12 a month
if the veteran requires a regular at
tendant. The cost of the bill is estima
ted at $11,712,440.
Henry Ford, jt is said, expects to
spend $100,000,000 to build trade
schools in this country. All these
schools will be self-supporting. Aca
demic subjects will be taught in the
lower., .grades, but as soon as the
students are ready for it they will be
given vocational training. All the arts
will be taught. When a student is
graduated he will not only have a
good basic education, but a trade that
will immediately enable him to put
his mind and his energy to practical
education. The students will be taught
te buy and sell, to be traders as well
as mechanics. Maybe Mr. Ford could
be induced to build* one of these
schools in Sanford.
We learn by way of Rufe Clark’s
column In the Greensboro News, thal
* Dr. Estep, who was the wet candidate
for the nomination for United States
Senator,would give a Federal pensloi
to every citizen, bginning at the age
ef 65. Had some of the folks knowr
that this plank was in the doctor’i
platform along with his wet plank
be would have doubtless succeeded it
polling more votes. Estep got 1C
vataa in Lee county.
JOSIAH WILLIAM BAILEY.
. By an overwhelming majority Jo
siah William Bailey last Saturday
was given the nomination of the
Democratic party for United States
Senator. His commanding vote was
1 registered in all sections of the state,
showing that the Democrats wished
him to wear the senatorial toga for
thirty years worn by Senator Sim
mons. Of Mr. Bailey Sunday’s
News and Observer said editorially:
“Mr. Bailey first entered politics in
North Carolina as speaker in 1898
and in every campaign since that
time has by pen and voice advocated
the tenetatof his party. As presiden
tial elector and as citizen he has
spoken in every county in the State.
He. has taken part in many battles
within the party, for a time, par
ticularly in 1912,leading the fight for
Senator Simmons when Governor W.
W. Kiachin and Chief Justice Walter
Clark were the contestants.
‘‘In the same year, 1912, Mr. Bailey
was one of the earliest and most zeal
ous and effective advocates of the
nomination of Woodrow Wilson for
nomination to the Presidency, leading
the close contest in Wake county and
ni the Fourth Congressional District
where his brilliant leadership snatch
ed victory from veteran political
leaders. Upon the accession of Mr.
Wilson to the Presidency Mr. Bailey
was, upon the recommendation of
Senator Simmons, made collector of
revenue of the Eastern District of
North Carolina, which position he
filled with ability and acceptability.
“In 1924 Mr. Bailey was a candi
date for nomination for Governor
against A. W. McLean. In that con
test, though Mr. Bailey and Mr. Mc
Lean had long been pillars in what
was called the “Simmons machine,”
the organization headed by Senator
Simmons, and managed by the late A.
D. Watts, threw the entire weight of
its influence for Mr. McLean and se
cured his nomination.
Bailey never offered for any r
other nomination until early in the
spring, when he became a candidate
for nomination for the United States
Senate. Before his announcement he
was assured of powerful support, not
only from his own friends but from
thousands who resolved in 1928 to en
compass the defeat of Senator Sim
mons because he did not support the
Presidential candidate in that year.
Mr. Baily made no speaking cam
paign, writing no platform. In his
only speech on Thursday ilight in
Raleigh, Mr. Bailey sad:
“Some question has been raisd dur
ing the campaign as to why I did not
propose a platform. I do propose a
platform. I propose to stand on the
platform of the Democratic party as
written by the Democratic state con
rention representing the Democracy
>f the state.. That will be my guide.”
“Earlier in the campaign, asked by
he editor of the Edenton News, his
position on prohibition, Mr. Bailey
replied by quoting the Democratic
jlatform which was as strong a pro
libition plank as could be written,
ind the. national platform pledging
he party to honest enforcement of
he Eighteenth Amendment. During
the campaign, due to the fact that
Mr. Bailey had the support of con
spicuous wets, some of his oppontnts
raised the question of his attitude to
ward prohibition. Replying to the
charge that he was not a good pro
hibitionists, Mr. Bailey said on Thurs
day night:
“ ‘I have also been amazed after
an entire lifetime devoted to temper
ance, and after a constant warfare
in whcih I gave the best of my life
to the people against the saloons
throughout this State, the question
has been raised as to my fidelity to
the cause of prohibition. I have can
vassed this State against the saloons
wjsen the State was filled with them.
I canvassed till all save 162 were
closed. I voted for State prohibition
ni 1908; and it fell to me to enforce
the 18th Amendment in my capacity
as collector of Internal Revenue in
1918. I heard over the radio night
before last a speech in which a gentle
-Llaa on the rther ^ide undertook to
hold me up before the people of
North Carolina as a symbol of the
wet cause. I must say that this is
the first time I have ever heard the
wet cause setting up the driest man
in the State as its symbol. I do not
drink. I have been against liquor
and the liquor traffic all of my life,
and I shall live and die in opposition
to liquor and the liquor traffic.
Whatever I may do to bring about a
diminution of this great evil will be
done in all earnestness.” '
“This declaration, made on the-eve
of the voting, undoubtedly added to
Mr, Bailey's support in yesterday’s
primary.
“Mr. Bailey is a son of the late Rev.
Dr. C. T. Bailey, long editor of the
Biblical Recorder and leader of the
Baptist church of North Carolina. The
son was born in Warrcnton, N. C,,
S7 years ago while Dr. Bailey
was Baptist pastor in that town.
About" the time of his graduation in
Wake Forest College. Dr. Bailey be
came an ivalid and the'son succeded
him as editor of the paper, which he
edited with vigor and obtained large
influence in hi3 church. Later he de
cided to become a lawyer and has fot
a long time practiced law in Raleigh,
winning high praise at the bar, and
is recognized as one of the most elo
quent advocates at the bar of the
Capital.”
The lobby committee of the United
States Senate invited Bishop Can
non to Washington with the ev
ident intentoin of making a monkey
of him. But the Bishop has turned
the tables on his tormentors. He it
is who has made a monkey of them.
Bailey is 5T. He has arrived rather
late, but doubtless the Raleigh lawyer
opines it is better late than never.
A Fly Time.
The Graf Zeppelin passed over the
Eastern seaboard to begin its eighth
ocean crossing voyage and its fourth
journey across two hemispheres. At
the same time announcement was
made that airplanes would make tripe
every hour of the day between Wash
ington and New York, beginning Au
gust 15, at fares that would practical
ly be the same as charged by the
railroads.
Now is the time for those who ad
sf keeping
your feet on the ground to get busy.
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HOW WASHINGTON VIEWS
SIMMON’S DEFEAT
The North Carolina Man’s De
feat May Indicate the Defeat
of Other Southern Senators
Congressman Owen Wants to
Develop Her State—New Idea
in Motor Cars—Prosperity
Medecine.
(Washington News Letter.)
Washington, June 9.—The chief
cause of the defeat of Senator Sim
mons in last Saturday’s primary is
j attributed in Washington to the ha
j tion-wide reaction now in progress
j against prohibition. This may not
| be true, but the wets here are
j interpreting the event as the most
! striking illustration yet furnished
! that the dry South is now coming
around to their point of view and
that there will be no division in the
Democratic party in the 1932 election
for President. The party will stand
solidly behind its candidate for the
repeal of the 18th amendment. Sim
mons was defeated as the outstanding
opponent of A1 Smith in the South,
his defeat almost certainly indicates
the defeat of Senator Heflin, of Alaba
ma and possibly Senator Sheppard of
Texas, though the latter did not kick
out of the party traces in the 1928
election.
In other words, the Southern Dem
ocracy will do whatever the national
Democracy, controlled by the wets of
the North, hereafter tells it to do.
The solid South will be restored, for
the Simmons’ defeat is to be a lesson
to any Democratic politician in Dixie
who contemplates asserting his inde
pendence of party when he thinks to
fol low it violates his conscience. Pos
sibly thfe Sfendtdf did ufeke a nfis&ke. t
Possibly it is necessary for the South j
to follow this party slavery in order,
to escape a still greater slavery, a '
slavery that the Republican party will \
have imposed on a politically divided .
South. j
Congresswoman Ruth Bryan Owen. (
Women members of Congress pur- *
sue the even tenor of their way and !
perform their duties just about the
same as men. There isn’t one of the .
435 Representatovs but what is sure ]
that his, or her district, is full of dis- ‘
tinctive opportunities and natural ad- !
vantages. The fact that most of \
them are right about some particular ,
point in their claims of supremacy *
shows what a great country the Unit- '
ed State is. ^trs. Owen has pointed ‘
out that her own State has possibili-1
ties that have never been developed.
Ponce De Leon sought eternal youth
in Florida, and several hundred
thousand Americans who could af
ford it went to the same state last
winter in order to hook into pro
longation of life for a few happy
weeks. Along practical linen of de
velopment Congresswoman Owen has
recently made a plea in behalf of
‘‘thousands of pioneer American citi
zens” who have been drawn by the
promise of the soil to live around
Lake Okeechobee. She represents a
part of that section in Florida in Con
gress, and she is urging to her ut
most, steps for government assist
ance supplemental to the very large
contributions which Florida has made
w the past, amounting to milloins,
for the advancement and protection
of the section which has been start
ling the nation with its development
as a new sugar cane region. In this
; section there have been astonishing
j successes noted in the progress of
i Severn Sugar Company, which
t, not orJy grown sugar successful
ly out harvested it by modem mech
anical means that promise to greatly
decrease the cost of production.. In
addition to that the company uses all
| of its waste material in making insu-'
j lating board, and this product has
been accepted by architects, builders
and home owners and used by them '
very extensively throughout the coun
try.
Prosperity Medeeine
The dawn of a new day of national
prosperity is shooting rays over the
dark horizon of depression, according
to some of our eminent economists
and business prognosticators. Their
general consensus seems to be toward
a defenite period of recovery follow
ing on the heels of one of the coun
try’s gravest declines after the Wall
Street Crash.,
Thousands of business men who
went down under the landslide are
still suffering from its effects phy
sically as well as financially. Their
health was seriously affected in nu
merous cases to the point of complete
nervous breakdown. Physicians and
health directors everywhere were be
sieged with calls to relieve racked
nerves and aching brains. Their prom
pt response'figured greatly in keep
ing suicide statistics at a minimum.
Complete rest and quiet were general
ly advised with other more defenite
instructions as to proper diet, ab
stinence from all stimulating drinks,
even tea and coffee, and excessive
smoking.
The success of this general recup
erative movement is having a very
defenite effect, it is reported, on ge
neral business conditions, far-fetched
as it may seem. Any iota of helpful
ness in bringing about a normal trend
again is highly commendable, regard
less of who may profit, in order at
least that the ranks at the nation’s
vast army of unemployed may be
more rapidly mustered out
Th New Idea in Motor Cars.
June—the month of new brides,
new blossoms and new homes—this
VM* introdueM nn <mHnoly ,
of automotive transportation. The
famous bantam
first appeanmc
highways this
an era of tailor
as it were, cut
rather than :
bantam cv, a
■will help i
for family uses.
"Tht bantam
A. Best,
the American
“ is significant to
lie. It introduces i
portation. This
doubtedly will
However, many
tarn—but few
bantam Austin is 1
years, of automotiv
ed by its for
boulevards of
leading race i
hill climbing eonti
ners of the world,
beauty of design
is famous.and the
pointments which
Austin—the most
automotive transpor
gineering has yet _
have the reason why <|
tin will lead the _
The new oar is
pactness—no ] _
to transport two
rhe whelbas is 75,1
less than any
twill mate its
■ streets and
, It will open
nsportation,
Jie individual
^merits. The
around in,
jilv puilman
lording to C.
Manager of
!ar Company,
lerioan pub
of trans
type
jing step un
Ised by others,
Ifalled the ban
Jiosen. The
loduct of eight
jerience gain
Jptype on the
pn the world’s
ndurance and
t the far cor
to this the
^hich America
j luxurious ap
the hantam
nical type of
on which en
iced—and you
, bantam Aus
Bion.”
ned for com
t is necessary
anywhere,
y-eight inches,
car now in
production. The tread is lb, less thai
die old wagon wheel standard. It will
io 40 miles on a gallon of gasoline
rhe crankcase holds
lalf quarts of oil,
ng but once every
:ost of gas, oij and_
;han three-fourths of a cent a mile
t. will list fjj£jes-w,th«Bv $450
two and one
luires refill
miles. The
will be less
Sun Bathing.
Sun is stijl the friend, of the young
—and the old—and yjflbale we don’t
lear quite so much about the impor
ance of being as brown as a berry
his Summer, stall most of the ad
lerents to the healthful benefits of
►Id Sol’s companionship are doing a
rood deal of talking about the sun
lathing.
In fact most of the fashion maga
anes talk equally about water and
un bathing, and the children are be
ng Jtaken ’ intd great consideration !
n the matter of Msun suits.” Some
imes the whole sun suit is made of
► highly translucent, porous and ab
orbent material, like durened cotton.
Sometimes only the shirt (usually
backless) is of translucency, while
the trunks or skirt are of wool.
WILL TOUR E. CAROLINA
WITH LIVESTOCK TRAIN
A special livestock train fitted with
all devices, implements and fixtures
needed in handling and caring for
purebred livestock and with exhibits
, of blooded animals and chickens will
be run throughout Eastern North
Carolina during August by the Atlan
tic Coast Line Railway, cooperating
with State College and the State De
partment of Agriculture.
The train will go into each county
i traversed by the Coast Line Railroad
j and will make 87 stops at the princi
pal cities and towns. At each stop,
experts from the College and De
! partment will give lectures and make
j demonstrations in handling, feeding,
and marketing beef cattle, dairy cat
i tie, swine, sheep and poultry. Mem
ebrs of the animal husbandry, poult
try and agronomy departments from
State College and from the market
ing and veterinary divisions of the
State Department of Agriculture will
assist officials of the railroad in the
educational programs.
The tour begins at Selma on Au
gust 5. and closes at Tarboro on Au
gust 26. In addition to showing the
highest quality of livestock and poul
try, the experts present will show and
tell how to handle the stock for best
profits. Considerable time will be
, used in the marketing phase of live
' stock production. Late results of
experimental work will be explained
and methods used by successful live
stock growers will be outlined.
Each car on the trin will be com
modious and well equipped. The pub
lic will be informed as to the arrival
of the train at each point and will be
invited to pass through the cars in
specting every educational feature ex
hibited. The movement has been
plannd by the agricultural education
al forces of the State to stimulate
greater 'interest in live stock farm
ing in North Carolina.
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